I personally use randowhale, booster and minnowbooster and any tool available, in a cynical way.
I see the bot-voting mainly as a numbers game, as my example shows:
($35.23 + randowhale 2 SBD = $39.10)
If its profitable I do not see the point in not doing it. I will still only post original content, that some people may or may not find interesting.
You write excellent posts by the way!!